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Romanian Health Min Plans Amendment To Decree Banning Cumulated Pensions And Wages In Public Sector

Romanian health minister Ion Bazac will propose to the prime minister the amendment of the recently adopted emergency decree that bans pensioners hired in the public sector to receive both pensions and salaries.

Romania Education Fed Urges Govt To Assign 6% Of GDP To Education Sector

Romania’s National Education Federation urged the government to assign at least 6% of gross domestic product to the education sector, which, it said, should also include the funds needed to hike teachers’ wages.

Romania’s New Govt To Work With Ctrl Bk, Employers Unions On Action Plan To Counter Fin Crisis

Romania’s new government will work with the central bank, the Romanian association of banks, employers and unions to come up with an action plan to manage the financial crisis and relaunch private lending.

EXCLUSIVE: List Of Ministries In Romania’s New Government

Romania’s coalition government formed of democrat liberals and social democrats will include 23 minister seats, four of which are of minister-delegate, a prime minister and a deputy prime minster office, according to the annex of the two parties’ Coalition Regulation.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Eye Being Govt Nucleus, Consider Liberals For Alliance

Romanian democrat liberal leader Emil Boc said Friday after consultations with the head of state that the Democratic Liberal Party yes forming a government around itself and will start negotiations with liberals Friday.

Romanian PM Says Liberals’ Action Plan Can Only Be Achieved With Liberal PM

Romania’s Liberal Party leader, prime minister Calin Tariceanu said Friday after consultations with the head of state that he handed the latter the liberals’ action plan in the economic sector, that can only be achieved with a liberal prime minister.

Romanian President Agrees Magyar Party Should Be Part Of Govt – Party Leader

Romania’s Hungarian minority party leader Marko Bela said Friday that the party told President Basescu it would opt for a government formed by the democrats, liberals and the Hungarian party, and the head of state agreed that Hungarians should be part of the future government.

Romanian President Wants New Govt Instated By Dec 24

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday at the beginning of talks with the group of national minorities that Dec 29 may be considered for the investiture of a new government, but the urgency to adopt the state budget forces that date to Dec 24 or even Dec 22.

Romanian Social Democrats Say Govt With Democrats Likelier Than With Liberals

Romanian social democrats’ campaign manager Miron Mitrea said Wednesday that an alliance with democrat liberals is likelier than pone with liberals, but “nothing is set in stone”.

Romanian PM Says Solution For Stability And New Govt Need To Be Found Fast

Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Tuesday before a Liberal Party meeting that politicians need to find a solution to make up a stable government as soon as possible and said liberals will have over 20% of seats in Parliament after redistribution.

Romanian Govt Puts Off Teachers’ Wage Hikes For April

The Romanian government decided Tuesday to postpone applying the law raising teachers’ wages by 50% until April 1, 2009, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Govt Cannot Undertake To Fulfill Future Commitments- Romanian President

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday the government, which is only 20% supported in Parliament, cannot undertake to fulfill the commitments of the future government to be formed after the general polls on November 30.

Romania’s Former Transport Minister Pins Infrastructure Problems On PM

The lousy stage of construction works on four major infrastructure objectives represents the personal failure of acting Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu, the country’s former transport minister Radu Berceanu told a press conference Tuesday.

Romanian Govt Urges More Fiscal Checkups To Crack Down On Tax Evasion

The Romanian government decided to intensify checkups at companies via the country’s fiscal agency ANAF, in a move to fight tax evasion.

Minimum Wage Issue Pushes Nearly 100 Unionists Into Protest Rallies At Govt HQ

Nearly 100 unionists joined Wednesday morning the protest rally at the Romanian government’s headquarters demanding the increase in the minimum wage to 600 lei (EUR1-RON3.5934) as of July 1.

Romanian Govt Thumbs Up Investment Law

The Romanian Government approved Wednesday the law stimulating investments, which targets the grant of facilities and state aid in several sectors, among which, processing industry, electricity and natural gas production and supply, and telecommunications, the Economy and Finance Ministry said.

Romanian Govt Asks For Ban On Alcohol Nearby Polling Stations

Victor Paul Dobre, state secretary with Romania’s Interior Ministry asked prefects to ban the consumption of alcoholic drinks within a radius of 500 meters of polling stations, according to a decision of the Central Electoral Office.

Romanian Govt To Propose Multiannual Budget This Year –Fin Min

The government will propose the parliament a multiannual budget, valid for a two-year period, to include “ambitious” infrastructure projects, Romania’s economy and finance minister Varujan Vosganian Saturday told a press conference in northeastern city of Suceava.

Romanian Road Transporters Protest On Bucharest Beltway

Over 150 road transporters put their trucks in motion Tuesday morning, around 08:00 local time, in the area of Bucharest - Pitesti A1 highway, on Bucharest’s beltway, after a nearly five-hour protest on Monday morning.

Romanian Govt Might OK Set-Up Of Traditional Products Office

The Romanian government might approve next week the setting up of the National Office for Traditional and Ecological Products, which will help farmers have traditional food products protected in EU states.

Romanian Govt To Reduce Period For Authorized Pvt Individual Registration

Romania’s minister for small and medium-sized enterprises, commerce, tourism and liberal professions, Ovidiu Silaghi, told a press conference Tuesday that the government plans to reduce the period needed to register an Authorized Private Individual (PFA) to three days from the current three months.

Romanian Govt OKed Decision Organizing Local Elections On Jun 1

The Romanian government approved Wednesday a set of decisions setting June 1 as the date for the first round of local elections, and allotted 66 million lei (EUR1=RON3.6799), double compared to local elections in 2004.

Romanian Govt Cancels Bucharest Airports Merger To Allow Bourse Listing

The Romanian government cancelled the decision to set up the National Airport Company with the merger of Bucharest's Otopeni and Baneasa international airports.

Romanian Parliament’s Legal Committees To Complete Report On Uninominal Voting Sys

The leaders of the Romanian Parliament decided Monday that the committees for legal matters must debate the law introducing the uninominal voting system, for which the government assumed responsibility, so that the law will be in agreement with the decision of the Constitutional Court.

Romanian Food Producers To Protect Traditional Specialties In EU

Romanian producers in the food sector will be able to protect traditional food products by means of a new procedure, which consists in registering these products as traditional specialties guaranteed in the European Union.

Retrocession Of Romania’s Bran Castle Is Legal- Govt Official

The retrocession of the Bran Castle is legal as many other heirs waived their rights over the castle through legal acts, while passing the castle into private property is legal as well, the Romanian government’s secretary general, Ilie Bolojan, who drew up a note on the matter, said Wednesday.